Understanding public policy in Africa through instruments Vol. 27, 2020/2 - pagesPages 9 to 32Understanding public policy in Africa through instrumentsBy Philippe Lavigne Delville, Sina SchlimmerPages 33 to 59Seeing the state through plans and mapsBy Sina SchlimmerPages 61 to 86“Rural Land Plans” in Benin (1992–2015): The journey of a “pilot” instrument within non-stabilized policiesBy Philippe Lavigne DelvillePages 87 to 110Using instruments to regulate universities: Higher education experiences in Kenya and UgandaBy Olivier ProviniPages 111 to 136Bureaucratization from above, bureaucratization from below: Dissemination and reception of a managerial instrument in the health context in BeninBy Clément SoriatPages 137 to 163The impossible harmonization of the state’s and donors’ budgetary instrumentsBy Marilou Mathieu, Philippe Lavigne Delville